Despite being from a small Catholic country, the sheep of Ireland have garnered an international reputation for being particularly lustful....
Paddy McMenamin shares his thoughts on the year 2020 with an extract from his book Walking Through a Story of Life....
Boluisce I root my fingers, burying them back and down. A twist into black, acidic soil, deeper than anything man-made....
The dog had been missing since morning. It was getting late in the day, but I still wasn’t too keen...
Last days in August The tarmac heats the rubber soles of my boots. It’s hotter here than I had expected...
TOBY’S SOLILOQUY To think what stands against me still is not the harm of falling off a ladder at two-storey...
I know when my father has done something wrong because there’s no butter in the fridge. When my mother takes...
“Don’t worry,” I told my girlfriend. “There are a lot eighteen year-olds that live around us. They’ll get eaten first.”...
Last year Ireland braced for Hurricane Ophelia, a rare storm to hit the island. It was expected to be the...
My parents packed their bags and came to visit me on what they termed their “once in a lifetime trip.” ...
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